History Recap / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E7HorsePlay

--->'''Celestia:''' You had good intentions, Twilight, but you know the truth is always better than a well meant lie.

-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Why would untested magic fireworks that I bought in a back alley from Trixie at midnight be unsafe?

* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: When it's time to begin acting, Twilight kicks it off with the phrase: "Act 1, Scene 1, Action!" Except that this is a theatre play, not a movie. The correct phrase is: "From the very top!", as Midnight Sonata, a real-life professional theatre actor (and practically every theatre kid) is more than happy to point this out during a review of the episode:
-->'''Midnight Sonata:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdRwxrKoipk&t=6m37s We don't say that in theatre!! That's film!! FIIILLLMMM!!]] ''[gets sprayed by water to calm her down]''

** When Applejack to tell Celestia what she honestly (of course) of her acting, Twilight teleports in AJ's face and silence her with a hoof on the mouth.

With the crowd getting restless, Twilight has Spike help entertain the crowd while she chases after Celestia. She apologizes to Celestia for her harsh words, but Celestia is less disappointed about that than the fact Twilight wasn't honest with her about her being a bad actress. Even Twilight admit that Applejack tried to tell her, but she didn't listen to her and now Twilight feels like she ruined the whole play because of her dishonesty. After reconciling, Celestia agrees to come back to help put on the show, but knows she won't be acting. Back at the stage, Celestia quickly orders Twilight's friends to manage replacement for the props and backdrop, and asks Fluttershy to play her instead. Fluttershy briefly panics, but Celestia reassures her that she can do it. The play starts awkwardly, but soon progresses in a pleasing manner through Celestia's stage management, and, when it is time to raise the sun, Celestia uses her own power to raise the real sun, stunning the audience and making the play a success.

With the crowd getting restless, Twilight has Spike help entertain the crowd while she chases after Celestia. She apologizes to Celestia for her harsh words, but Celestia is less disappointed about that than the fact Twilight wasn't honest with her about her being a bad actress. Even Twilight points out that Applejack tried to tell her, but she didn't listen to her and now Twilight feels like she ruined the whole play because of her dishonesty. After reconciling, Celestia agrees to come back to help put on the show, but knows she won't be acting. Back at the stage, Celestia quickly orders Twilight's friends to manage replacement for the props and backdrop, and asks Fluttershy to play her instead. Fluttershy briefly panics, but Celestia reassures her that she can do it. The play starts awkwardly, but soon progresses in a pleasing manner through Celestia's stage management, and, when it is time to raise the sun, Celestia uses her own power to raise the real sun, stunning the audience and making the play a success.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Celestia reprimands Twilight for not just straight-up being honest with her about her acting ability, correctly guessing that Applejack could have told her that much -- which she did, multiple times, but Twilight didn't listen.

* RightBehindMe: Twilight goes into a rant about the problems she's been having with her play, including "the ''worst'' lead actress in Equestria!" It turns out Celestia was standing behind the backdrop and heard the whole thing, but she's more upset that Twilight wasn't honest with her sooner.

Celestia has extreme difficulty in learning how to act, while Pinkie's attempts to replace the sun prop fail. Twilight's friends suggest that maybe they should cancel the play, since they hadn't announced it to anypony else yet, but then Rainbow Dash returns, informing that they'll have a big audience that night. As ponies start to arrive for the show, Twilight tells the others that she's rewritten the script to put Celestia in a non-vocal role, which the others still feel is a bad idea. Just then, Pinkie reveals her latest replacement for the sun prop, a stock of firestocks she purchased from Trixie in a back alley. The fireworks go off, ruining most of the other props, and setting Twilight in a rage over how bad Celestia's acting is. Just then, the backdrop falls to reveal Celestia, who had heard Twilight's tirade, and she flies off alone because Twilight lied to her the whole time.

With the crowd getting restless, Twilight has Spike help entertain the crowd while she chases after Celestia. She apologizes to Celestia for her harsh words, but Celestia is less disappointed about that than the fact Twilight wasn't honest with her about her being a bad actress, Even Twilught pointed out that Applejack tried to tell her, but she didn't listen to her and now Twilight felt like she ruin the whole play because of her dishonesty. After reconciling, Celestia agrees to come back to help put on the show, but knows she won't be acting. Back at the stage, Celestia quickly orders Twilight's friends to manage replacement for the props and backdrop, and asks Fluttershy to play her instead. Fluttershy briefly panics, but Celestia reassures her that she can do it. The play starts awkwardly, but soon progresses in a pleasing manner through Celestia's stage management, and, when it is time to raise the sun, Celestia uses her own power to raise the real sun, stunning the audience and making the play a success.

--> '''Celestia:''' You had good intentions, Twilight, but you know the truth is always better than a well meant lie.

Celestia has extreme difficulty in learning how to act, while Pinkie's attempts to replace the sun prop fail. Twilight's friends suggest that maybe they should cancel the play, since they hadn't announced it to anypony else yet, but then Rainbow Dash returns, informing that they'll have a big audience that night. As ponies start to arrive for the show, Twilight tells the others that she's rewritten the script to put Celestia in a non-vocal role, which the others still feel is a bad idea. Just then, Pinkie reveals her latest replacement for the sun prop, a stock of firestocks she purchased from Trixie in a back alley. The fireworks go off, ruining most of the other props, and setting Twilight in a rage over how bad Celestia's acting is. Just then, the backdrop falls to reveal Celestia, who had heard Twilight's tirade, and she flies off alone.

With the crowd getting restless, Twilight has Spike help entertain the crowd while she chases after Celestia. She apologizes to Celestia for her harsh words, but Celestia is less disappointed about that than the fact Twilight wasn't honest with her about her being a bad actress and pointed out that Applejack tried to tell her, but she didn't listen. After reconciling, Celestia agrees to come back to help put on the show, but knows she won't be acting. Back at the stage, Celestia quickly orders Twilight's friends to manage replacement for the props and backdrop, and asks Fluttershy to play her instead. Fluttershy briefly panics, but Celestia reassures her that she can do it. The play starts awkwardly, but soon progresses in a pleasing manner through Celestia's stage management, and, when it is time to raise the sun, Celestia uses her own power to raise the real sun, stunning the audience and making the play a success.

* AesopAmnesia: Discussed in-universe. Applejack reminds Twilight what lying has done to them in the past, but Twilight won't listen if it means helping Celestia's dream of acting in a play come true. When Twilight blows up from the stress, Celestia also says that Twilight should have just been honest from the beginning.

With the crowd getting restless, Twilight has Spike help entertain the crowd while she chases after Celestia. She apologizes to Celestia for her harsh words, but Celestia is less disappointed about that than the fact Twilight wasn't honest with her about her being a bad actress. After reconciling, Celestia agrees to come back to help put on the show, but knows she won't be acting. Back at the stage, Celestia quickly orders Twilight's friends to manage replacement for the props and backdrop, and asks Fluttershy to play her instead. Fluttershy briefly panics, but Celestia reassures her that she can do it. The play starts awkwardly, but soon progresses in a pleasing manner through Celestia's stage management, and, when it is time to raise the sun, Celestia uses her own power to raise the real sun, stunning the audience and making the play a success.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Celestia reprimands Twilight for not just straight-up being honest with her about her acting ability, correctly guessing that Applejack could have told her that much -- which she did, multiple times.

* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: Applejack keeps trying to tell Twilight Sparkle to be honest with Celestia about her acting ability (or lack thereof), but Twilight can't bring herself to say anything until the very last minute.

* RageBreakingPoint: With everything going wrong with the play, including Celestia being a terrible actress, the crowd being packed making them unable to cancel, and all the props ruined, Twilight finally snaps and delivers an angry rant about how things are going so terribly.

* TranquilFury: Celestia barely raises her voice when scolding Twilight on her lie, but her DisapprovingLook and voice make it very clear that she is angry.

** An oft-repeated one for this show: Lying to your friends to protect their feelings is likely to cause collateral damage, and ends up hurting their feelings anyway. Honesty is the best policy among friends.

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Celestia is so excited at the thought of Twilight doing a play that she prances around the throne room.
** Just the look on Twilight's face when Celestia asks if she's sure about casting her as lead actress as seen [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mlp/images/9/93/Twilight_grinning_widely_at_Celestia_S8E7.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/800?cb=20180429135606 here]].
** Celestia during some scenes in the play acts like a little filly participating in a school play. One scene with Sandbar has him reciting his line before Celestia turns to the audience and waves with a giddy smile on her face.